{"id":6037,"date":"2026-01-15T08:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:10:48","slug":"hr-question-of-the-month-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/15\/hr-question-of-the-month-7\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Question of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/images\/newsletter\/HR\/Blog\/June2025_HR-Question.jpg\" alt=\"HR Question of the Month\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question<\/strong>: Are employers required to include a pay range in job ads?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer<\/strong>: It depends on the state and the size of the company. Although there is no federal law, over a quarter of the states (partial list includes California, Illinois, and New York) have pay transparency laws that require employers to include a pay range in their job postings. Several of those states also require employers to include a description of the benefit plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:hr@employco.com\">Contact us<\/a> to find out if your company is subject to the requirement and what it means for your job ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/gwilson-employco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">15-minute call<\/a> with <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#046240\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Griffen Wilson<\/mark><\/strong> for more information on our services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Are employers required to include a pay range in job ads?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-newsletter"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Employco USA","author_link":"https:\/\/www.employco.com\/blog\/author\/employcousa\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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